Single? Welcome love into your life, and celebrate — don't shun — the holiday.

If you’re stocking up for your Memorial Day Weekend parties, you might want to serve some skinny cocktails that use real ingredients to your guests.

Camping's not your thing? Here are helpful tips for people who don't like to camp.

You have until Aug. 28 to get your lifetime National Park Service senior pass at the lower rate of $10.

If you're looking for a way to de-stress and relax, bath in the forest — or more specifically, take a walk through the woods.

The Finns love to forage, treating the outdoors in Finland like a wild supermarket. Here's how to start this habit where you live.

With these first-aid tips and proper planning, you and your dog should be ready for anything.

The Youngstown quakes were triggered by wastewater injection, scientists have discovered.

Scientists are developing robots to serve as companions to the elderly.

Julie Marburger paints a dim picture of the American classroom.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is responsible for creating or saving one million green jobs.

In the wake of the worst nuclear disaster in a generation, Germany doubled down on a decade of success, pledging to eliminate nukes by 2022 and switch almost ex

Alternative energy sources that are cost-competitive with fossil fuels may be closer to fruition than previously thought. Recent studies from global leaders in

If solar panels are out of your realm of possibility, you still have alternatives to coal and other fossil fuels.

NYC announces a scheme in which organic food waste will help to boost production of methane-rich biogas at the city's largest wastewater treatment plant.

Homeowners with top-notch credit in California, Arizona, New Jersey and 5 other states will be eligible for direct loans from the PV-installing behemoth.

Billionaire philanthropist says he's 'doubling down' on efforts to reduce carbon emissions and replace half the nation's coal fleet with clean energy by 2017.

Physicist Kenneth Libbrecht, a leading expert on snowflake formation, is proud to have added scientific accuracy to Disney's hit animated musical.

It’s as if Hollywood writers and directors have decided that by the time we are fighting space wars, misogyny will be a thing of the past.

You can watch Leo DiCaprio's "Before the Flood" free online.

New study says it's not about the best light, but where solar and wind can do the most good.

This isn't your father's turbine. It can create more electricity at lower wind speeds and does a better job of predicting the supply of wind energy.

Massive wind farm is Britain's latest entry in move away from fossil fuels toward alternative, renewable clean energy sources.

I’m making this trek to ask Maine Gov. Paul LePage to lead, follow, or get out of the way of clean energy development.

Tour a "top-of-the-line" 1970s RV inhabited by a recovering shopaholic who has given up the garage sales for a simpler life that's not dictated by stuff.

From gift boxes to fun furniture, there are all sorts of inventive ways you can use handy chalkboard paint.

Cabinets and trim crafted out of natural wood do require a certain amount of TLC to keep them at their lustrous best.

If you are aiming for more minimalist surroundings but find it hard to part with things, this trick could work for you.

The Reddit guessing game Fridge Detective peeks inside people's refrigerators for clues, and it may remind you of the mess in your own.

Bees that ate the immune-boosting chemicals showed activation in genes known to help them fight parasites and break down pesticides.

Beekeeping experts warn that too many urban hives may mean there isn't enough food for bees.

Chris Burley and Ei Ei Khin have an ambitious goal: Grow 1 million wildflowers to help threatened honeybee populations.

With stingers that are harmless to humans, stingless bees could be the pollinators that save the day.

English fantasy writer Sir Terry Pratchett smelt his own iron ore to create his knightly sword.

Robert Redford shares why he has joined the fight against the coal mine.

Fracking fluid, the liquid waste left over from the controversial mining technique, wreaks havoc on a plot of land in a test by the U.S. Forest Service.

You might remember the former U.S. senator from Idaho as the anti-gay politician who was arrested for lewd conduct in an airport bathroom. He's back in Washingt

Human dreams of mining asteroids won't become a reality without space robots. The billionaire-backed company Planetary Resources has announced plans to do the d

A crowd of farmers, environmentalists and community members gather at a May Day rally in Sydney to call for tougher mining restrictions to protect sensitive lan

American chemists are searching for new and resourceful ways to extract uranium from deposit-rich oceans in order to reduce the expensive mining process's cost.

Deep Space Industries Inc. announced that it plans to harvest metals and water from asteroids within a decade.

The new company, Deep Space Industries, Inc., announced on Jan. 22 that it plans to mine asteroids for metals, water and other resources.

Researchers stumble upon a method that could replace toxic cyanide with plain old cornstarch.

The Caterpillar 797 is a 50-foot-tall dump truck widely used in the mining industry. Watch what happens when it faces off against a stationary Land Cruiser.

Basketball, mini-golf, a Ferris wheel, an underground lake and a spa are just some of the attractions found in this majestic 13th-century Romanian salt mine.

An eye-catching community sauna is a symbol of rebirth for the arctic mining town of Kiruna, which is being forced to move 2 miles to the east.

University of Oregon architecture student Cameron Huber scores the top spot (and $2,000) in Hammer & Hand's beauty and brawn-seeking perFORM Design Competition.

The cloud wastes an awful lot of energy as heat. One company is putting it to good use.

Who said old houses can't learn new energy-saving tricks?

It would take an extraordinary force of nature to blow one of these straw-stuffed brick abodes down.